I will be taking 1 community college course this summer (as a high schooler).
I have an important academic program that prevents me from going to class for about 3 weeks during the semester. That’s very long, but I was wondering if it’s possible to speak with the professor beforehand to see if I can submit work online and learn the material independently during that time.
I don’t need to the take the class, but it could really help. If I don’t take it this summer, I won’t get the chance until spring 2019 due to other scheduling conflicts. That means the class won’t be on my transcript by the time I submit college apps.
How long is the class? Most summer courses only last 4-8 weeks, so you are going to be missing half of the classes. No, you should not take it. If it is a subject you don’t need to attend class because you already know everything, then why bother? Some professors also take attendance. Yes, even in college.
Take it as an online course. Many colleges offer courses on line.
As a high school student who took two 8-week online summer classes and missed 2 weeks, with prior approval, I strongly recommend against missing 3 weeks even if the professor says you can.
@twoinanddone if the scheduling won’t work for fall 2018, I doubt it’s offered online, as if it was, the scheduling wouldn’t be of issue
Humans complain that they don’t have enough choices in life. But, when they do have them, they agonize over which one to pick! No knock on OP - we have all probably been in this boat: 2 choices, trying to swing them both, but realistically can only do one. You cannot do both - a summer class is super accelerated in order to compress the material into the shorter time frame, which makes it risky to miss even 1 or 2 classes. I don’t think a teacher is going to give you special consideration because of a planned activity that would take you out of the class for 3 weeks. Rather than half-assing 2 things (missing 3 weeks of the college class, and constantly worrying about missing that 3 weeks of said college class while doing the academic program), do 1 thing with your full heart and attention.
As others have said, it’s pretty much impossible. When I took a few 6 week classes in the winter, I took exams that covered 4 to 5 chapters of the textbook per week. You would miss way too many exams and professors don’t usually like to re-write tests - this is why some are so insistent about there being no makeup exams If you’re going to miss that much class, the professor would recommend taking it another time.
Don’t bother registering for the class because mostly likely you won’t be able to pass the class having missed three classes. Summer classes are very fast paced and most teachers would advice dropping the course after missing three classes because you would never be able to catch up. Please don’t waste your money. If you do poorly remember this will become part of your college transcript.
Pick one thing to do over the summer the academic program or this class and 100% commit to it.
If you have already decided on joining that academic program don’t register for a summer class.
“I agree. If you’re going to miss 3 weeks, simply don’t take the class.”
I also agree. Absolutely DO NOT DO THIS. College or university, even community college, requires a commitment to academics. A 3 week gap demonstrates that you are not ready to commit to your academics.
The best that you could expect from taking this class is to get a horribly bad grade on your transcript.
“Pick one thing to do over the summer the academic program or this class and 100% commit to it.”
For what it’s worth, if you missed my high school math class for 3 weeks-- far, far less intensive than a summer college course-- you would be in some deep trouble as far as understanding the material goes.
Thank you for all of the replies! I’m going to stick with the summer program.
I will end up taking the CC class in the spring after college apps. Is it possible to report this as “current” coursework in college apps (specifically UC)? I didn’t mention this but it’s Calculus 2 (AP Calc BC isn’t offered at my school) and I intend to major in math.
I’m not really familiar with the process of reporting senior year grades for college. Do you only report the first semester? If so, will I not get the chance to report the math class since it ends in May (takes place during the second semester), or at least let them know I’ve taken the class?
@pathtocollege You will send the final transcript after finishing the classes (midyear reports depend on college, and I’m homeschooled so I have no idea). I reported five dual enrollment classes as “planned” for this year on college apps.
If you’re good at math (presumably you are if you want to major in it) and Calc II is offered online anywhere feasible, you might consider taking it. (Highest online math at either of my colleges is intermediate algebra, so I couldn’t do that.)
My daughter is senior doing her second year of full time dual enrollment. She applied early action to colleges and filled out the common ap and listed all the course she planned to register for for the spring semester. In her case it was done before the schedule was available. She did sign up for 4 of the 5 classes she said but one changed. Her guidance counselor told her as soon as her college transcript is complete for the fall semester to order one. She needs to bring it the high school signed/sealed. The guidance counselor will add it to naviance. Guidance said in dd’s case her replaced class was close to what she had originally planned that schools would be fine with it. In my daughter’s case she went from one business class to another. However if you drop say a core subject that is something that could have a bigger impact.
As soon as the spring semester is done that will get sent directly to the school my daughter picks. I can also say based on when merit awards were given they didn’t take senior year grades into consideration since they don’t have any marks. One college did call to say they understood why my daughter didn’t have any senior year first quarterly grades to officially submit. However they wanted an unofficial report of how she was doing before they could offer acceptance. She knew her grades but stressed she still had some papers and tests etc plus finals. They said just to give them an estimate of grades for acceptance and they looked forward to confirmation as soon as semester grades were out were available.
Also try to remember to save all Syllabi from all dual enrollment classes. Some schools have mentioned they will want to see them.
If you’re going to miss that much class, the professor would recommend taking it another time.